Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri (10 April 1917 – 27 May 2013) was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri
E. M. S. Namboodiripad (left) with Lyallpuri in 1966
Born(1917-04-10)10 April 1917
Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
Died27 May 2013(2013-05-27) (aged 96)
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Alma materKhalsa College, Amritsar
Government Law College, Lahore
Political partyIndian National Congress (1935–1940)
Punjab Kirti Kisan Party (1940–1944)
Communist Party of India (1944–1964)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1964–1992)
Marxist Communist Party of India (1992–2005)
Marxist Communist Party of India (United) (from 2005)
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